OSCILLOSCOPE question

[dccavalier 10+ year member]

is the VELLEMAN HPS10 a good car audio oscilloscope for checking clipping? i want to get the most out of my amps and never really looked into them much. Is this a good piece of equipment and worth the 100 or so bucks? I want to check headunit for clipping, 4 channels, and monoblocks. thanks for the help. i know theres alot better out there but dont want to spend too much. if theres better scopes then this for the price lmk

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[dccavalier 10+ year member]

The Velleman Personal Scope is not a graphical multimeter but a complete portable oscilloscope at the size and the cost of a good multimeter. Its high sensitivity - down to 0.1mV/div - and extended scope functions make this unit ideal for hobby, service, automotive and development purposes. Because of its extreme value for money, the PersonalScope is well suited for educational use in schools and colleges. Suitable for measurements on audio equipment, mains voltage applications, digital signals, all kind of sensors, signal analysis in automotive applications, car stereo, etc… Its full auto setup function, makes measuring waveforms very easy.

Features

10MHz sampling rate

0.1mV sensitivity

up to 2MHz analogue bandwidth

5mV to 20V/div in 12 steps

200ns to 1hour/div time base in 32 steps

full auto set up

trigger mode: run, normal, once, roll, slope +/-

X and Y position signal shift

DVM readout with x10 option

audio power calculation (rms and peak)

dBm, dBV, DC, rms ... measurements

signal markers for Volt and Time

frequency readout (through markers)

recorder function (roll mode)

signal storage (2 memories)

LCD: 128x64 pixels / high-contrast

up to 20h on alkaline batteries